Washing-machine



P. J. BERFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION r|LEnnov.14. 1919.

1,358,507. PatentedNov. 9, 1920.`

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P. J. BEHFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLlcATIoN'rlLED Nov. 14. 1919.

1,358,507. Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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P. J. BERFRD.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLacATlN FILED uqv.14, 1919.

Patented N ov. 9, 1920.

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P. J. BERFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I4, I9I9.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920;

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UNITED STATES PATRICK JOHN IBERFORD, OF SPRANKLES MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application led November 14, 1919. Serial'No. 338,094.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. BERFORD, a subject of the King of Englandand citizen of Canada, residing atSprankles Mills, in the county ofJefferson and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vashing Machines, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention relates to improvements in washingzmachines, and moreparticularly to that type of washing machines known in the art as dishwashing machines.

The object of my invention is to construct a dish washing machine of acompact form that will be efficient and easy of operation.

Another object of my invention is to spray water simultaneously fromabove and below the articles to be cleansed and in this manner insuringperfect cleansing.

Another object of my invention is to construct' a washing machine whichwhen not 'in use will not only require little room, but which can beused as a table or like piece of kitchen furniture.

ln the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved washing machine.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line2-2 of Fig. 1.

is a top plan view with the top,d operating handle and dish racksremoved.

`lig. et is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 414-4 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a modiiied form of my improved washer,showing the p washer with a cylindrical shape.

Fig. 6 is an' enlarged sectional view of the upper edge of the dishcontainer, showing its tubular form and the manner in which the water issprayed into the container.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view with thecover removed,l of my improved washingmachine, showing a modified form of dish rack.

F ig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 8--8 ofFig. 7,.showing the nozzle extending up through the modified form ofdish rack.

Referring now to the drawings my improved washing machine compriseshanopen work supporting frame A, va water containing vessel B, an innerdish container C, dish rack D, cup and silver rack E, and an operatingelement F. Y v

The supporting frame A of my improved part of this invention and thewasher can be made in any desired shape, Fig. 5 showing a modificationof the washer with a container of a circular shape.

In the preferred form, the vessel B contains the. water with which thedishes in the container C are cleansed, as that member is reciprocatedvertically in the vessel B. The outer water containing vessel B is of arectangular shape with rounded bottom as at l and suspended within thesupporting frame by having the upper end of its walls bent outwardly andover the cross-frames 2 of the washer support A, as shown at 5. Thevessel B is made of any'light metal and provided with a drain pipe 6 andvalve 6.

rlhe dish container is of a similar configuration as the vessel B and sodesigned that it can be reciprocated within that member. To accomplishthis the container C is made ofa less depth and cross-section than thevessel B,which allows a `free and easy movement of the dish containerl Cwithin the water vessel B. The upper endsv of the walls of the dishcontainer C are bent to a tubular shape as shown at 7, with thedepending outer edge 8 of the wall bent to as sume a line in a parallelplane to the container walls'with a space 9 between it and the walls ofthe container C. This forms in eiect an elongated perforatedspray nozzlealongthe upper edges of the container C -To assure a water-tight fit ofthe wall of the vessel Band the depending edge 8 of the container, the'depending edge 8 is provided with a gasket 10, which extends completelyaround the container C and is -fastenedto it in any suitable manner.l Toforce the water W, which enters the tube 7 by way of the passage orspace 9 downwardly into the dish containerfC, the tubular upperl edge'7of the said container C is provided with a lurality of holes 11 in itsinner lower quarter. In" the bottom of the container there are aplurality of nozzles 12 with perforated stops 12', which ,spray waterinto the container C, as it is forced downwardly into the water vesselB. plurality of flap valves 13 open "water vessel B.

shown in Fig. 2.

A cup and silver rack E of woven wire 1s are 1n a circle around thenozzle 122. It 1s- 'as the dishl container C starts its upward A top 32is hinged as at 33 and when the movement and thereby allow the waterthat washer is not in use is open as shown in has been sprayed into thedish container C Fig. 2. to rapidly drain into the water vessel B, andhe operating element as described above the said valves 13 close whenthe container is of the form preferred, but it will be un- C begins todescend. A line mesh screen 14 derstood that any suitable form of operisprovided to cover the outlet valves 13 to ating means may be employedwithout deprevent any food or foreign matter that?A parting from thespiritof the invention. may have been washed from the articles in\eferring now to the modified form of the container C, from escaping intothe my washer, asl shown in Fig. 5 of the draw- A ings, only the dishcontainer C is shown. Supported around the nozzle 12 by resting In thisform the upper edges of the conlpon the round bottom ofthe dishcontainer tainer C are bent into a tubular form, as is a dish-rack Dmade of woven wire, to at 7 and provided With perforations 11, a ordquick drainage, and composed of a as in the preferred form. The foodcatchbottom 15 and a plurality of uprights 16 ing screen 14 and theperforated nozzle 122 against which the plates 16 rest, as clearly areshown in the center of the bottom of f the container C. The outletvalves 13' mounted above the dish rack D, 'and just understood that thesupporting frame A, below and in full play of the Water s ray watervessel B and dish racksv would be from the holes 11 1n the tubularedgeg'of modified to give the similar results in the the dish containerC. .This rack consists modified .form as are obtained in that of the ofa bottom 17 and a plurality of uprights preferred.

18, and is mounted upon a longitudinal bar The operation 19 with endbraces and supporters 20. The as follows: outer ends 19 of the bar 19rests in open top sockets 21 in the ends of the dish container of myimproved washer is and the water vessel B is filled about one- C whichpermits of its easy removal from half full of water. The handle 27 ofthe imparted to the rack E is due to the fact the container. Thisconstruction permits operating element F is grasped and raised the rackE to rock transverselyof the disk and lowered, carrying with it the dishconcontainer C and this rocking movement is tainer C. As the dishcontainer C is forced limited by the lugs' 22, which protrude from downinto the water vessel B, water is the end walls of the said container.As forced in a spray' from the nozzles 12 up clearly shown in Fig. 2, ofthe drawings, and around the dishes in the. rack D, and this rack Ecarries cups 23 on its, outer the articles in rack E are played upon byedges while a space 24 1n the center of the the water which havingentered the space rack is suitable for silver. 9 is sprayed from theholes 11 in the tubular As stated, the rack E is Within the full edge 7of the dish container C, and a rockplay of the water spray that isforced from ing motion is thus imparted to this rack the' holes A11 inthe tubular edge 7 of the in the manner hereinbefore described. Duecontainer C, and the rocking of this rack to the fact that water canonly get into the allows the inside and outside of the cups dishcontainer C in a limited number of 23 to be alternately sprayed withwater. It places, the result is that it enters with conwill beunderstood that the rocking motion siderable force which insures perfectcleansing of the articles therein. The rockin mothatthe cups on-the highside of the rack tion of the rack Eiwarrants perfect ci weight causesthem to overbalance the lower thereon. When the dishes have been washedthus produced.

side of the rack and a see-saw movement is and removed from the machinethe water is drained from the vessel B through the pipe Theoperating'element F of the washer is 6, which if desired can beconnected with a frame composed of two parallel side bars the drainage sstem yof the house. vBoth 25 and 25', having their inner ends pivot-,athe racksDand are removable by the sinally mountedin the top of the twoelongated gle operation of lifting Ithem out of the conrearperpendlcular uprlghts 1, as .at 26 and tainer C. All food and foreignmatter ans- 'become filled with water and their greater ing, both insideand out, of the cups held 26 and their two outer ends jolned by a handle27). Each bar 25 and 25 has a downv' wardly depending member 28 and 28fase s. J Two v4links 29 and 29 have their ond tened respectivelyintermediate its pivotally fastened to the members 28 and 28respectively, and their other ends pivo'tallyA fastened to the ends ofthe dish container C, as at 30 and 30. y.

washed from the dishes will have settled upon the screen 14, which canbe'lifted out and easily cleaned. With the replacement of the screen andthe dish rack, the water is in condition to operate u on the used dishesfrom another meal. y depressing the operating handle 27 to its lowestposition and closing the top 32 of themachine, all possible odor isexcluded from the room The valve 6 in the drain pipe 6 is closed I,

, center ot' each half respectively.

and the machine can be used as a table or some like piece of kitchenfurniture.

It will be noticed that the nozzles l2 eX- tend throughand above thebottom of the dish rack D and afford a washing means for milk bottles,coffee pots and deep dishes which may be slipped over their upper ends,as shown in Ifigs. 2 and 8.

Figs. and 8 show a further modification of my improved washing machinein respect to the dish rack I). In this modiiied form the dish rack isdivided by a transverse upright 34 into two equal parts. Two nozzles 12,only, are used and these pass through the bottom and into the dish rackin the ircular dish supporting uprights 36 are provided to support thedishes 37, as shown in Figs. 7 and S. The innermost dish supportinguprights are placed a sufiicient distance from 'the nozzles l2 toprovide a space 38 around them so that a milk bottle, coffee pot, or

a deep dishcan be put over their upper ends.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-and desire to secure byLetters Patent .is-

l. A washing machine comprising a frame support carrying a liquidcontaining vessel, an inner article container in sliding engagement withsaid vessel provided with upper and lower liquid spray nozzlescommunicating with the liquid vessel, loutlet valves, rocking articlesupports within the container, and means carried by the frame support toreciprocate the container within the vessel to force liquid 4from thevessel into the container through said spray nozzles.

2. A Washing machine comprising a covered frame support carrying a`liquid containing vessel therein, an article container having liquidspray nozzles in communication with the liquid vessel and outlet valves,rocking article supports in the container andI positioned Within theplay of the nozzle sprays, and .means whereby the article container isreciprocated within the vessel to force liquid from the vessel into thecontainer through lsaid spray nozzles.

3. A washing machine comprising a liquid containing vessel, an articlecontainer vertically movable therein, the container having lower inletand outlet openings, an article supporting rack at its lower p0rtionreceiving water from the lower inlet openings, a rocking article supportabove the lirst said support, the upper edges of the container havinoutlet openings in conn munication with the vessel and with thecontainer, the outlet openings positioned to spray water in the articlesof the rocking support to cause it to rock, and means for reciprocatingthe container within. the vessel.

4. A washing machine comprising a liquid containin vessel, an articlecontainer vertically mova le therein, the containerhaving lower inletand outlet openings, the opposite upper edges of the container having aninwardly overhanging horizontal tube with openings in communication withthe vessel, an article support in the lower portion of the container, anarticle support above the first said support, and means forreciprocating the container within the vessel to force water from thevessel into the conltainer through said openings.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atiix my signature; PATRICK JOHNBERFGRD.

